Believe it or not, this building is a famous, world wide known, restaurant. It is ‘Fleurs” on the Otago East coast not far from us. She fought various beaucratic challenges and established her restaurant as a one-off seafood restaurant. People come from all over the world to dine here! She has her own Fish License and fish is loaded off this little jetty fresh and its straight on to the plate! As you can see its not big and looks like a shed! Recycled windows, doors, building materials, artwork. Fleur is an inspiration as she’s had a really tough history!
Three good things:
1. I got this photo from the local pub where the Lion’s were running raffles that we helped with.
2. Fleur suffered with abuse in her only marriage and then breast cancer and came out the right side to be extremely successful.
3. We raised $3000 for our Lion’s charity whatever it may be!
Cool story! The shape of her restaurant reminds me of a place we went to in NYC's China Town- Nahm Wah's Tea Parlor. It was technically a "hole in the wall" as far as décor went, but the food was out of this world. Everything cooked fresh, brought around on trays which you could pick and choose from. At the end of your meal, they stacked up the dishes according to size and tallied up your bill that way! Nice shot and congrats on the successful fund raising!
@rach_who It is, Rach! You look out the windows on the stray seal, the fishing boats coming in and across the bay, mountains which in winter have snow on the tops!
@skstein No Sandy - there is a road that connects with her area right off to the right hands side! Its one way and you go back via another one way road!
@yaorenliu
Fleur is generally always down at the restaurant meeting new people and although she looks like the wreck of the Hesperus, she is most welcoming!
@nickspicsnz Quirky is a perfect word for the building and the lady but the cuisine is high class and can be expensive. But you might choose something you have never had before - mutton birds for instance or eel!
i love reading the narratives behind the shot , it is what makes 365 such a cool community
Fleur is generally always down at the restaurant meeting new people and although she looks like the wreck of the Hesperus, she is most welcoming!